Ch.Clinical Question
Chapter 11 – Is this patient struggling with poverty?
2 – Is this family at risk for Food Insecurity?
3 – Is this patient with Housing Instability (per Screening Tool presented) at risk for adverse health outcomes?
4 – Is this patient in a relationship with concerns for Intimate Partner Violence?
5 – Is this Elderly patient at risk for Elder Abuse?
6 – Is this patient struggling with Spiritual Distress?
Chapter 41 – What is the potential clinical significance of Tachycardia?
2 – What is the potential clinical significance of Tachypnea?
3 – Does this patient have a Fever?
4 – What is the potential clinical significance of patient Temperature?
5 – What is the potential clinical significance of Hypotension?
6 – Does this patient with Fever have Bacteremia?
Chapter 51 – Does this patient have Pneumonia?
2 – Does this patient have Severe Asthma?
3 – Does this patient have a significant Deoxyhemoglobin Level (>2.38 g/dL)?
4 – Does this patient with no prior diagnosis have obstructive airway disease (FEV1/FVC <70%)?
5 – Does this patient have a Pulmonary Embolism?
6 – What is the potential clinical significance of an Abnormal Breathing Patterns?
7 – What is the potential clinical significance of Clubbing?
8 – What is the potential clinical significance of Percussion of the Chest?
9 – What is the potential clinical significance of Auscultation of the Lung Fields?
10 – Does this patient have a Pleural Effusion?
Chapter 61 – Is this patient having a Myocardial Infarction?
2 – Does this patient have an Abnormal Systolic Murmur?
3 – Does this patient with a Pericardial Effusion have Cardiac Tamponade?
4 – Does this dyspneic patient in the Emergency Department have Congestive Heart Failure?
5 – Does this patient have Atrioventricular Dissociation?
6 – Does this patient have an Aortic Dissection?
7 – Does this patient have Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?
8 – Does this patient have Anemia?
9 – Does this patient with Palpitations have a Significant Cardiac Arrhythmia?
10 – Does this patient in Hypovolemic Shock have a Systolic Blood Pressure >60 mmHg?
11 – What is the potential clinical significance of inspection of Neck Veins?
12 – What is the potential clinical significance of palpation of the Apical Impulse?
13 – What is the potential clinical significance of Abnormal Heart Sounds on Auscultation?
14 – Did this patient have Cardiac Syncope?
Chapter 71 – Does this patient have Strep Throat?
2 – Does this patient have Sinusitis?
3 – Does this child have Acute Otitis Media?
4 – Does this patient have Hearing Loss?
5 – Does this patient have Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
6 – Does this patient with Acute Infectious Conjunctivitis have a Bacterial infection? (Also seen in IF – Ch 40 – Q1)
Chapter 81 – Does this patient have a DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis)?
2 – Does the clinical examination predict Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease?
Chapter 91 – Is this patient Hypovolemic (Adult)?
2 – Is this child Dehydrated? (5% Dehydration)
Chapter 101 – Does this woman have an Uncomplicated UTI (Acute)?
2 – Does this child have a UTI?
3 – Does this patient have Ureterolithiasis?
4 – Is listening for Abdominal Bruits Useful in the Evaluation of Hypertension?
Chapter 111 – Does this patient have Hepatomegaly or Splenomegaly? (Also seen in MF3 – Chapter 13 – Clinical Question 10)
2 – Does this patient have Lymphadenopathy from Malignancy or Granulomatous Diseases?
3 – Does this patient have Infectious Mononucleosis?
Chapter 121 – Does this patient have a Mole or a Melanoma?
Chapter 131 – Does this patient have Acute Cholecystitis?
2 – Does this patient have Acute Appendicitis?
3 – Does this child have Appendicitis?
4 – Does this patient with Acute Abdominal Pain have Peritonitis?
5 – Does this patient with Acute Abdominal Pain have a Bowel Obstruction?
6 – Does this patient have an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)?
7 – Does this patient with Liver Disease have Cirrhosis?
8 – Does this patient with Jaundice have Hepatocellular disease (non-obstructive)?
9 – Does this patient have Ascites?
10 – Does this patient have Hepatomegaly or Splenomegaly? (Also seen in MF2 – Chapter 11 – Clinical Question 1)
11 – What is the potential clinical significance of a Palpable Gallbladder (Courvoisier’s Sign)?
12 – Does this patient have a Severe Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed?
Chapter 141 – Does this patient have Diabetic Neuropathy?
2 – Does this patient with Diabetic Neuropathy & Foot Ulcers have Osteomyelitis in their Foot?
Chapter 151 – Does this patient have Hypothyroidism?
2 – Does this patient have Hyperthyroidism?
3 – Does this patient have a Goiter?
Chapter 161 – Does this patient have Cushing’s Syndrome?
2 – Does this patient have a Pheochromocytoma?
Chapter 191 – Is this woman Perimenopausal?
2 – Does this patient have Vulvodynia?
3 – Does this adult patient have Early HIV Infection?
Chapter 201 – Is this pregnant patient in a relationship with concerns for Intimate Partner Violence?
2 – Does this woman have an Ectopic Pregnancy?
Chapter 211 – Does this patient have Breast Cancer? (Clinical Breast Examination)
Chapter 231 – Does this patient have Rotator Cuff Disease?
2 – Does this patient have Bicipital Tendonitis?
3 – Does this patient have Inferior Shoulder Instability?
4 – Does this patient have Anterior Shoulder Instability?
Chapter 251 – Does this patient have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Chapter 261 – Does this patient have a Meniscal Tear?
2 – Does this patient have an ACL Tear?
3 – Does this patient with Chronic Knee Pain have Osteoarthritis?
4 – Does this patient have a Clinically Significant Knee Fracture?
5 – Does this patient have Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS)?
6 – Does this patient have a Ligamentous or Meniscal Knee Injury?
Chapter 271 – Does this infant delivered with Breech Presentation have Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip?
2 – Does this patient have Hip Osteoarthritis?
3 – Does this patient have Femoral Acetabular Impingement (FAI)?
4 – Does this adult patient have Septic Arthritis?
Chapter 281 – Does this patient have a Clinically Significant Ankle Fracture?
2 – Does this patient have a Clinically Significant Midfoot Fracture?
3 – Does this patient have an Achilles Tendon Rupture?
Chapter 291 – Does this patient have a clinically important cervical spine injury?
2 – Does this patient have Scoliosis?
3 – Does this patient have Thoracic Vertebral Fractures?
4 – Does this patient have Lumbar Vertebral Fractures?
5 – Does this patient have Lumbar Disc Herniation (Sciatica)?
6 – Does this patient have Mid-Lumbar Nerve Impingement?
7 – What can the medical history tell us about Low Back Pain?
8 – Does this patient with Neck and/or Arm Pain have a Cervical Radiculopathy?
9 – Where does this patient’s Cervical Radiculopathy localize to?
10– Does this patient with Sciatica have a Lumbosacral Radiculopathy?
11 – Where does this patient’s Lumbosacral Radiculopathy with Sciatica localize to?
Chapter 311 – Does this patient with a Coma have an Intracranial Structural Lesion?
2 – Does this patient have Unilateral Cerebral Hemispheric Disease?
3 – Does this patient have a Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)?
4 – Does this patient have a Horner’s Syndrome?
5 – Does this patient have Diabetic Retinopathy?
6 – Does this patient have Myasthenia Gravis?
7 – Does this patient have Parkinson’s Disease?
8 – Does this patient with a Recent Stroke have a Significant Aspiration Risk?
9 – Does this adult patient have Acute Meningitis?
10 – Does my dizzy patient have a stroke?
11 – Is this patient a Falls Risk?
12 – Is this patient at risk for Falls in the next year?
13 – Is this post-cardiac arrest patient dead, vegetative or severely neurologically impaired?
14 – Did this patient have cardiac syncope? Distinguishing seizure from syncope
Chapter 331 – Does this patient have a Clinical Depression? – Screening Questions
2 – Does this patient have a Clinical Depression? – Screening Instruments
3 – Does this patient have Generalized Anxiety or Panic Disorder? – Screening Instruments
4 – Does this patient have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? – Screening Instruments
Chapter 341 – Does this patient have an Eating Disorder (Anorexia and/or Bulimia)?
Chapter 361 – Does this patient have Dementia?
2 – Does this patient have Delirium?
Chapter 371 – What is the potential clinical significance of a Single Question Alcohol Use Screen?
2 – Does this patient have an Alcohol Problem? – Screening Instruments
Chapter 391 – Will this patient be difficult to intubate?
2 – Will this patient be difficult to bag-mask ventilate (BMV)?
Chapter 401 – Does this patient with Acute Infectious Conjunctivitis have a Bacterial infection? (Also seen in MF1 – Ch 7 – Q6)

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